Shoe.



W. B. ARNOLD.

SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1908.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH Co.. WASHINGTON. D- c.

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WILLIAM B. ARNOLD, OF ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE.

Application filed May 2, 1908. Serial No. 430,446.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. ARNOLD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Abington, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have in vented an Improvement in Shoes, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is specification, like letters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

My invention in boots or shoes relates more particularly to the sole and means for applying the same and for attaching the heel thereto.

My invention aims to economize in the cost of the boot and shoe by the use of a sole having a cut-off heel with an independent heel part or parts applied thereto or used in connection therewith, resembling in this re-' spect the type of shoe illustrated in Letters Patent of the United States heretofore issued to me, as follows: No. 635,118, October 17, 1899; and 779,683,.lanuary 10, 1905.

My invention consists in various features and combinations of features whlch will Figure 1, in side elevation, shows the completed shoe; Fig. 2, a view looking upon the bottom of the sole, with the heel removed; Fin. is a perspi-ictive detail of the shoe with the heel section detached; and Fig. 4, a detail showing the multi-part heel section with its parts separated.

In the particular embodiment of my invention selected for illustration herein and shown in the drawings, the shoe upper a may be cut, lasted and secured to or upon the insole in any usual or desired manner. In the instance shown the shoe is a welt shoe, the welt being indicated at 6, applied in usual manner.

The outsole or main sole consists of a forepart 0, comprising the ball and shank por tion of the sole and a heel section made up of a plurality of parts or members d, (7. The heel parts 03 may be died or cut out in relatively small pieces from remnants or scraps of leather or, in fact, any desired material, whether like the forepart of the sole or not, and by reason of the shape shown they may be economically cut from small pieces of scrap, little waste resulting therefrom.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 19148.

The heel members (Z, at their ends which are to abut or meet at the middle of the back of the heelas best shown in Fig. 2, are beveled or chambered at d or otherwise suitably formed to permit one part to overlieor overlap the adjacent part along any desired line, the parts being cemented or otherwise secured one to the other, either before the application or subsequently, by a suitable fastening device here typified by a tack or brad (Z headed at one end and clenched at the opposite end. The forward ends of the member's (Z are also beveled or suitably shaped as at (Z to lap past the adjacent end of the shank part of the sole proper c.

The heel end 'of the shank of the sole proper is shown as shaped or beveled at its sides to receive the correspondingly shaped overlappmg ends (Z of the heel members,

also contributes body material to aid in proper securing of the heel.

lVith the bevel extended in the direction here shown in Fig. 1 the heel members, preferably first tacked or otherwise secured to each other, are laid in position upon the heel seat, or they may be assembled initially in position upon the heel seat and thereafter temporarily secured 1n suitable manner 1f required. The outsole c is then laid in usual manner with its wing portions 0 overlying or overlapping the correspondingly shaped ends of the heel members when the sole, including the heel members, may be secured permanently in usual manner. The forepart and shank may be secured either by McKay stitching, metallic fastenings, or by stitching to a welt, and the heel members preferably will be secured by the usual seat nails. In the present instance, the shoe illustrated being a welt shoe, the welt at the heel end of the shoe is extended rearwardly as shown beyond the rear edge of the contacting face of the outsole, so that the tapering or overlapping ends of the heel members may be inserted into the V thus formed and thereby held against displacement both above and below as best shown in Fig. 1. The outsole stitches, in any event, preferably will be extended toward the heel far enough to take in the overlap between the heel members and the shank of the outsole and, when the welt is extended rear-ward as shown to overlap the heel members, the outsole stitches will be carried far enough to extend through these extended welt ends and the overlapping portions of the sole and heel members. This forms a secureand permanent fastening of the forepart and shank of the sole and the heel members so that there is no reasonable possibility of the union becoming displaced or weakened and no possibility of the ends of the heel members, when tapered or thinned as here shown, becoming loosened and curling up to disfigure the shoe. The particular'direction. in which the bevel is here shown between the sole and heel members corresponds approximately with the line u'sually produced in forming the edge connection on the sole in front of or at the heel, thus rendering the joint less conspicuone than would otherwise be the case.

The heel 6 may be applied in usual'manner and, for the most secure construction, overlies the lap between the sole and heel members so that the heel nails may be driven through the overlap and also through the rear end of the sole 0.

7 Since there is'no flexing of the shoe in the I vicinity of theobreast of the heel, the joint in 7 the sole at such point is not detrimental eitherto the appearance or to the wearing qualities ofthe'shoe and theeconomy resulting from the pieced construction is such as to justify its use, even in the better grades of shoes.

The space within the heel members (Z, and here marked d", may be filled with desired or usual sole filling material, or may be left open to produce a more or less cushion effect,

or otherwise utilized or treated according to the preference of the manufacturer.

Having described one embodiment of my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

As a new article of manufacture, a shoe provided with a sole comprising a forcpart shank-member having a substantially straight heel and beveled at opposite edges, a welt overlying said member and having its ends terminating over the heel end of said shank-member, a pair of arcuate heel sections of substantially uniform width throughout their length, having meeting rear ends at the median line of the heel and beveled front ends inserted between the heel end of the shank member and the ends of the welt and stitching securing together the ends of the welt and the overlapping ends of the heel sections and shank-member.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, M WILLIAM B. ARNOLD.

Witnesses EVERETT S. EMERY, ROBERT H. KAMMLER.

Copies 01 this'pate'nt may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

